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When Your Baby Turns Five

I don’t know how it happened, but yes, Easton is FIVE YEARS OLD!!! My sweet baby, whose infant photos pop up on my Facebook all the time, is five. When he turned four, he was still a little child. Granted he was a huge little child, but he still was my baby. Now, he’s five. It’s like a game-changer. Five is a grown-up boy. Well, in some ways. Thank goodness he still loves his mommy and loves to cuddle with me and is quite attached. Thank goodness for that!

He was eligible for kindergarten, but would have just made the cutoff by a matter of weeks. After discussing the issue with his preschool teachers and many other parents, we decided to give him another year of preschool. Academically I think he’s ready, but emotionally and maturity-wise, I think it will be good for him to grow a bit more. So he will now be attending the preschool at our high school that the hs students teach. It’s a wonderful place and I’m excited for them to start! Unfortunately it starts later while the students are learning to be teachers, but it will be well worth the wait.

So Easton…what can I say? He’s the leader of the pack around here. He teaches his brothers and sisters all the ways to break the rules and drive mommy insane. At other times, he is the most amazing big brother, and will patiently help them with a toy or read a magazine with them. It’s all about the highs and lows.

He visited the pediatrician for his five-year-old well visit, and is once again off the charts for height, at 3’11”. Although right now he measures 4 feet on our giant ruler!! He also weighs in pounds what his height is in inches (if you followed that!) so he’s 47″ and weighs 47lbs, which is around the 75th percentile. The doctor says he’s perfect, and I agree!

Easton still loves Star Wars, but Lego tops everything. At night we watch Lego videos, including Lego Pokémon, Lego Jurassic World and just LEGO. LEGO LEGO LEGO!! His second favorite obsession is dinosaurs, so we also watch a lot of Dino Dan on YouTube and NickJr. Easton likes to run around with Daddy and play “Wampa” and look for slugs outside, but he also loves to sit at the table and color or draw pictures. He’s turning into a good artist, and loves hanging up his pictures in the kitchen! His favorite thing to draw are “Werewalkers” (AT-AT Walkers for all you Star Wars fans). He’s also a big fan of rainbows and the color pink lately, which I’m ok with. You gotta be comfortable in your masculinity to love pink and rainbows lol!! Easton also loves to borrow my phone! He’s a silly goofball and he makes me laugh every day.

Easton had requested “decorations and balloons” for his birthday, so we hung up some Happy Birthday signs and blew up a bunch of balloons for the living room. They love balloons!

The next thing he wanted to do was go out to breakfast. So our whole gang went out to Perkin’s with Grammy & Pappy for a yummy meal. Then we had a chill morning playing and at naptime Easton and I went out to Toys R Us for birthday shopping!

Easton got his crown and balloon, and picked out five presents (plus one for good luck – I have a hard time saying no to him!) for his birthday, which included Lego Star Wars, Lego Ultra Agents, Lego Halloween stickers, Lego Star Wars watch, a Hot Wheels fire truck and Shopkins.

Then we hit the drive-through at McDonald’s for milkshakes. Of course, Easton only wanted a few sips, so I guess I HAD to finish his also!

Last, we went to Shoprite to pick out a birthday cake. E surprisingly chose a fruit tart! Later on, we had a dinner of chicken, noodles and carrots that E (also surprisingly) chose. Then Aunt Holly, Madison and Jackson came over for cake and presents.